(Original post by cbreef)
I think you know damn well that £350m figure is utter b*llocks

Is the trade deficit of £32.5 billion we have with the EU *******s too, or that out of 28 nations, we have a deficit with 20 of them? Or that the EU gave £16 million in foreign aid to Chinese steel industries whilst letting ours go under? Is it wrong that the sector for exports to the EU shrunk from 60% in 2000 to 47% in 2015? We don't need the EU.

(Original post by AccountingBabe)
Also the German version of CBI said yesterday that it wants free trade with UK whatever the outcome so the economic argument has been settled we will be fine if we leave.

Yeah, maybe. But you can't deny we will lose out on other matters. Plus it would be in our interests to join the EEA and accept free movement of people much like Norway does right now.

(Original post by cbreef)
Yeah, maybe. But you can't deny we will lose out on other matters. Plus it would be in our interests to join the EEA and accept free movement of people much like Norway does right now.

I'm happy to allow free movement if it means we can create trade deals with the world... Better than our current situation.

But no we won't have to accept free movement to get free trade because the power is on our side.

(Original post by AccountingBabe)
I'm happy to allow free movement if it means we can create trade deals with the world... Better than our current situation.

But no we won't have to accept free movement to get free trade because the power is on our side.

Why do you think Norway is in the EEA and not making trade deals with other countries in the world? We're free to trade with whoever we like. We still trade with many other countries. In fact I believe we only sell 44% of our exports to the EU. Now that's saying something

(Original post by cbreef)
If you're referring to Greece, they should have never joined the EU in the first place. Their economy was already a mess. And when the financial crisis came around, matters were made worse for them.

Italy and France are debt traps at the moment they can never out grow their debt and are already in the process of filing for national bankruptcy.

(Original post by cbreef)
Why do you think Norway is in the EEA and not making trade deals with other countries in the world? We're free to trade with whoever we like. We still trade with many other countries. In fact I believe we only sell 44% of our exports to the EU. Now that's saying something

Norway does make its own trade deals with the world... And they are worth more than the EUs trade deals outside so.... Speaks volumes.

(Original post by AccountingBabe)
Greece for now... France and Italy next. Also Ireland got bailed out.. As a catholic northern Irish person even I am siding with the British on this one. We must vote leave.

France is the 6th largest economy in the world, just behind us actually. Their debt to GDP ratio is fairly similar to ours, if not better. So they're doing ok. Their economy isn't doing that badly

(Original post by cbreef)
Why do you think Norway is in the EEA and not making trade deals with other countries in the world? We're free to trade with whoever we like. We still trade with many other countries. In fact I believe we only sell 44% of our exports to the EU. Now that's saying something

I'm sorry but France just tried to restructure its job market and failed because of protesting and riots... It will never out grow its debt.

Neither will we lol. You can't go blaming the EU for our deficit. That's our own fault.Chloe_bellz Norway sells 74.3% of it's exports to the EU lol. And that figure is straight from the European Commission's website